Proxy.
Get Started

Alternatives · Shifter

The HProxy alternative to Shifter.

HProxy vs Shifter on price, model and sourcing history. Shifter sells monthly plans with no pay as you go, and its advertised ISP rate exists on no published tier.

Get startedRead the full comparison

Price, side by side

What you pay: HProxy vs Shifter

HProxy residential is $0.44/GB, pay as you go, no monthly commitment and a balance that never expires. Shifter's published entry rate is $1.00/GB (50GB minimum purchase, $50). Their cheapest verified rate is $0.75/GB, which needs $149/month for 200GB.

Their entry rate is about 2.3× our residential price.

ProductHProxyShifter entryShifter cheapest
Residential$0.44/GB$1.00/GB$0.75/GB$149/month for 200GB
Static ISP$0.65/GB$1.68/IP$1.00/IPNOT ACHIEVABLE on any publicly listed tier. Cheapest listed rate is $1.26/IP at the $252/month Growth plan (200 IPs).

Shifter prices captured 10 August 2026 from their public pricing, linked in the full comparison. HProxy prices are live from our catalog. Where a rate needs a monthly commitment, it is noted; ours never do.

Why people switch to HProxy

  • Pay as you go from $0.44/GB, with no subscription and no minimum spend.
  • A balance that never expires, so unused traffic is not lost at month end.
  • A network we verify around the clock, so you buy working addresses, not a headline pool number.
  • Residential, ISP, mobile and datacenter in one account, with city-level targeting.

When Shifter is the right pick

We would rather be straight than salesy. Some buyers genuinely fit Shifter better, and the full comparison says exactly when. If you need a large enterprise platform, a signed account or tooling we do not build, that is a fair reason to pay up. If you mostly need clean IPs without the platform or its bill, that is what HProxy is for.

Terms on this page, explained

The four things a price comparison hides if you only read the per-GB rate.

Bandwidth

The volume of data a proxy can move, and the unit residential and mobile proxies are typically billed by.

Proxy pool

The full set of IP addresses a provider can route you through, and the number behind a rotating proxy.

Success rate

The share of requests that come back with the data you wanted, the metric that actually measures a proxy's worth.

IP reputation

The accumulated trust score a site or third-party service assigns to an IP address based on its network, history and behaviour.

Browse the full glossary for every term across proxies, networking and scraping.

Switching from Shifter, answered

Is HProxy cheaper than Shifter?

On residential, ours is $0.44/GB and the cheapest Shifter rate we could verify is $1.00/GB, captured 10 August 2026. Their listing notes: "50GB minimum purchase, $50". Prices move, so treat the date as part of the number, and check both current pages before deciding on price alone.

What is the best Shifter alternative?

It depends on why you are leaving. If the problem is price, compare the rate you actually qualify for rather than the headline, since entry and floor rates on this market commonly differ by several times. If the problem is a commitment, a minimum spend or a sales call, look for pay-as-you-go with no minimum. If it is coverage or a specific country, test that country before you switch, because pool totals say nothing about one location.

How do I compare Shifter pricing fairly?

Match the units before anything else. Residential is normally billed per gigabyte, ISP and datacenter per address, and mobile per month, so a per-GB rate set against a per-IP rate is not a comparison at all. Then compare the rate you can actually reach today rather than the volume tier that needs a large commitment, and finish by measuring success rate on your own target, because a cheap gigabyte that fails half the time costs more than a dearer one that works.

Do I have to talk to sales or commit to switch?

Not with us: you can sign up, top up from a few dollars and send traffic without a call, a minimum or a subscription, and the balance does not expire. Whether Shifter requires any of those is on their own pricing page and worth reading before you compare, since a commitment is part of the price even when it is not part of the rate.

HProxy.

Ready when you are.Your dashboard is ten seconds away.

Get Startedor talk to us at support@hproxy.com
HProxy